Vågen Upper Secondary School
Vågen Upper Secondary School is located in the centre of Sandnes.It runs study programmes in Media and Communication, Music, Dance and Drama and Specialisation Arts and Craft and Design Studies as well as the Sandnes School of Music and Arts.Vågen Upper Secondary School has 850 pupils and 160 employees, including its own technical staff with competence in lighting/sound, media techniques and ICT.
Viju won the contract to supply AV equipment to the entire school, distributed across 50 classrooms, seven auditoriums, one main hall, four dance halls, 30 rehearsal rooms, three music studios, one TV studio, two conference rooms with video conferencing equipment, art rooms, six drama/choir/orchestra rooms and a complete information system for the entire school with LCD screens from NEC.All the classrooms were equipped with screens and projector that can easily be controlled with the help of Extron control systems.The teachers use interactive screens ((Smart Sympodium 22"), AverMedia document cameras and touch-panels from Crestron for teaching in the auditoriums.
The school also has its own performance hall with a sound system from MeyerSound, and three sound studios complete with ProTools and DigiDesign control panels.The media and communication pupils can enjoy a fully professional TV studio with an HD camera system for TV productions.
“We have created fantastic opportunities for our pupils to combine music, drama and media with the curriculum.The idea is that the pupils should have the same possibilities and facilities that they will have in their professional lives in terms of software and hardware,” says head teacher Mats Bryne.
“Viju is very satisfied with the results from Vågen, and we hope that this unique educational institution illustrates what the future will bring,” say Gunner Aasland and Eirik Skogøy from Viju.
